Meetings

COVID-19

Due to the Corona Virus hitting our shores, all meetings will be postponed until further notice.  I will keep you posted as to the rescheduled date in due course.   

Your health is of utmost importance!   

Stay well everyone. 

Guest Speaker:  Dr Celene McNeil (Audiologist) - Healthy Hearing & Balance Care.   

This clinic has developed a reputation of being able to solve the hearing and balance needs of those who could not be helped elsewhere.  Dr Celene McNeill with Prof Bill Gibson and Ms Kathee DeLapp have a special interest in Meniere’s disease, tinnitus and other chronic auditory and vestibular disorders.

Interactive Session:  

Hearing journey of individuals with Meniere’s disease

Hearing loss is one of the symptoms of Meniere’s disease. Initially the hearing loss fluctuates but as the disease progresses to its final stages it becomes permanent. Management of hearing loss helps to improve quality of life. This presentation will describe the effects of hearing loss and its progression. Hearing technology options will be discussed by the audiologist and the journey from hearing aids to cochlear implant will be presented by 3 ladies with Menieres who have gone through the process.  

This will be an interactive session and the audience will be encouraged to ask questions.

Benledi House

Time: 10.30 - 12.30 

Venue: Benledi House, 186 Glebe Point Road

Entry fee:  $6-$10

Sufferers, family, friends and supporters are welcome

RSVP essential 

Contact: dizzyanne.wfps@gmail.com

POSTPONED 

* Saturday 13 June 2020 -  Guest Speaker - Dr Aaron Camp  POSTPONED 

Dr Aaron Camp is a Sydney Medical School Foundation Fellow, head of the Balance and Neurodegeneration Laboratory, and leader of the Meniere's Disease Research Laboratory at The University of Sydney. Dr Camp has been awarded the RL Cooper Foundation Prize for his work, been funded through the NHMRC, Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation, and Brain Foundation and was appointed to his current post at The University of Sydney in 2011. 

Dr. Camp’s main research focus is the neuronal mechanisms underlying peripheral and central balance function, during both health and disease with a focus on Meniere’s Disease. He is recognized as a world-leader in the field of vestibular function, and animal models of disease. His research uses patch-clamp and sharp microelectrode electrophysiology, trans-synaptic viral tracing and EMG recording. In addition, Dr. Camp developed a novel behavioural assessment method that is used worldwide to assess the balance function of mice, and has successfully translated work to the clinic through a refined test of balance function for older and neurodegenerative patients.

POSTPONED:   * Saturday 8 August  2020

Date:     First Friday of the month 

Time:   10.00am - 12.00pm

Venue:   Vines Road Community Centre

                37-61 Vines Road, 

               Hamlyn Heights, Geelong, Vic 

Contact:   Elle  

email:   elletherianat@gmail.com

mobile:   0409 939 361